Friends and family attend a memorial to actor Jack Lemmon.

More than 500 friends and family packed the Paramount Studios theatre in Los Angeles last night for a memorial to Jack Lemmon that turned out to be more like a Jack Lemmon comedy.

Among the many warm memories shared about the two-time Oscar winner was one by Kevin Spacey, who appeared on stage with Lemmon in Long Day's Journey Into Night. He recalled the time his dog relieved itself on the actor's prized golf clubs.

Inadvertent comedian of the evening, however, was Tom Hanks, who somehow kept mistaking Jack Nicholson for Jack Lemmon.

Hank Azaria, who co-starred with Lemmon in Tuesdays With Morrie, said of the actor: "He was the patron saint of acting without limits; the only boundary is the one you impose on yourself."

Lemmon's son Chris told of his father's last moments:

"At the end I held him in my arms and all he was able to do was mouth the words, 'I love you' to his family," he said. "He never complained about his illness; he tried to make it easy on his loved ones."